Stosur denies Mladenovic in Strasbourg

Sam Stosur was too good for Kristina Mladenovic that couldn’t win her first title in Strasbourg. Sam used all her experience to recover from 1 set down and win the final 3-6 6-2 6-3. Match Stats.

Stosur: I decided to play at the last moment

This is Sam’s 7th career title and interesting enough she wasn’t sure to play “It was a last minute decision to come here, so to play as well as I did and walk away with the title, it’s exciting, and especially going into a Grand Slam. It’s been a really good week for me in Strasbourg.

It was good tennis. She was playing exceptionally well in that first set.I didn’t have too many chances to do anything early on, but I started getting some chances in the second set. I started playing a little bit differently, getting in control of the rallies early on, which wasn’t the case in the first set – she was dominating out there. And then I was able to do it the rest of the match and finish it.

There were some tricky moments in the third set – she had a few points to get it back on serve – but I’m happy I was able to keep it up and close it out, and it’s always nice to win a title, that’s for sure.”

Sam will now head to Paris where she will face Madison Bregle in the opener. Mladenovic needs to wait to win her first title. It will come.

 

WTA Strasbourg
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